Xmas Budget for LOs?

With Christmas just around the corner- just curious on how much others are spending on LOs?

I am very proud to say that we stuck to our budget of $100 total for both girls. It wasn't easy and I would have loved to have spent more but financially (DH is laid off) it just wasn't in the cards. Both girls ended up getting some new-to-them clothing, a baby doll and the Graco baby doll accessory kit (stroller, playpen, high chair).

I *tried* to do better this year because we have three now, but it didn't work out that way... We spent 250-300 for each of the two older kids and probably around 100 on the baby. I'll try harder next year!

Since we just have 1 we can spend more than I find practical or necessary....I get a little excited and impulse buy a lot. I have bought about 600 in gifts from santa. Then we give her 500 to put in her bank account.

When she was a baby we didn't do Santa. We just put all the money in her account. But when this boy gets here I'm sure Emmie will notice if Santa doesn't bring her baby brother anything.

We celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas so I've found it very difficult to stay on budget.

For DD we spent about $50 per holiday. I find it pretty easy at this age b/c she doesn't care about the expensive stuff and she doesn't really need any bigger items like trikes or slides b/c we already have them. I did the shopping for her Christmas today and spent $54 and it wasn't all for her.

DS is trickier. We tried to keep to a $10/night average for Hanukkah, so probably @ $80 for that holiday. The only thing we really have for him for Christmas so far is another x box remote but DH is going out shopping for him tomorrow. He's a difficult one to buy for though!

Our tradition is to give the big gifts on their birthdays. DS got the x box for his. So we're not looking to go crazy anyway.

Under $100 for both. LO is getting my old doll furniture as her big gift (wooden high chair and cradle) so that was monitarily free.... but priceless in sentiment! Come to think of it, I used fabric scraps and made her a doll set of bibs, blankets, cloth diapers, and burp rags to go with it so her gift was almost completely free.